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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1918. rORTI-AXD. OREGON. Entered t Portland lOrtjon) Postofflca as second-class mail matter. Subscription rates Invariably la advance: (By Mall.) IalTr. Sunday lnludd. on year IS.nn I'aily. Sunftay Included, six months .... 4.13 Ihilly. Sunday include!, threa month!.. .-liai.. tunday Included. on month, .. Il!v-. without Sunday, one year .... Jai:y. without Sunday, six months 1'aiiy. without Sunday, one moDlii .. t e kly,. one year ................... Sunday, on year ................... fcunday and weekly ........ (By Carrier.) Ial! Sunday Included, one year .... l..il. Sunday included, one month .. lai:y, Sunday Included, three months Ilatly. without Sunday, on year Ially. without Sunday, three months, ljaily. without Sunday, one month ... . 6. "l . 3.1 j . .lit . l.no . 2.5U . 3.00 .$9.00 T.o i.Vi .61 would have prevented loss which it is forever too late to repair. The proclamation by Governor Withycombe designating November 2 as Kire Prevention day takes due ac count of the limitations placed by the influenza epidemic upon public ob servance of the occasion, but there is nothing to preclude the most im portant performance appropriate to the day. This is a general house and yard cleaning, extending from dwell ing to mercantile establishment, from lumber yard to factory, and even in cluding our vacant lots. This ought to be thorough, and the effort will be amply repaid by improved sanitary conditions, as well as comparative im munity, for a time, from fire. Of course, every day ought to be Fire Prevention day in the United States, but a people do pot recast a to permit important legislation to stand or fall on the basis of what shall be done concerning a row be tween two factions on a fishing stream. COME HOME TO BOOST. The Oregonian is not in sympathy with the Poindexter resolution direct ed' at the Presidential peace notes, nor can it concede that Mr. Poindex ter represents the true thought of the Republican party. It may therefore properly suggest that while the Port land Journal is knocking the 'Wash ington Senator about for his attacks on the President it give itself a few I swift kicks for having helped elect him. Two years ago the Journal was very solicitous over the fortunes of Mr. Poindexter, who was then a candidate in the Washington Republican pri maries. Mr. Poindexter was of the in- the east. Acceptance of such an offer would have spelled victory for Ger many and defeat for the allies. Free to exploit the man power and re sources of Austria-Hungary, Russia and the Balkans, Germany might soon have developed enough power to chal lenge the world to the next war. De feat and surrender of Bulgaria have destroyed that hope by cutting off Turkey and the Balkans from their future field of operation, by laying Germany open to a flank attack and by opening the road to communica tion between the allies and Russia in the south. Bulgaria was the keystone of the arch, and, when it was knocked out, the whole structure of Pan-Germany fell in ruins. Thus the Balkan campaign is an essential part of the whole allied strategic scheme. By concentrating their main force in the west, where their lines of communication are shortest and best, and by attacking Those Who Come and Go. Hmm tm Remit Send postofflca money or- eer. express or personal chock on your local National habit in a moment, and it is I... n It siiidm ruin or currency aro i " " - I , j .. r risk. Give postoffics address in run. in-i , . ' 1 il , ' .n. un I dependent, non-partisan, or poiy-par- !udin county and stat lion jnouia oe wajea. " tisan tvrje that the Journal loves so " . -----s r-.,. K.te-13 to 16 pares. 1 cent: 11 is now proposed. It Is but the first "5,n- in,. f-,n wlth such Persistence and vigor m that pa srm. - c Lfi tf tatl talCM. - , a I II II 111 H.11 Ili C IrLaJT3 LI i . c-nts: 7S to f J picti, eenu. ror.i.a ; : - rtugnes visiiea ine oai. vi.o -""w,. h f ... . .. .. . i cents; 3 to 4S pag-a. 3 centa: gtep. others will be taken successively wen. "f " , IvL Tv timp Mr -"arter as to arouse Germany's fear e.. 4 cents; 6; to , v P.ea. s h come to realize that cied slight of him at the . time Mr of ,nvasion and therefore, to draw pasta. cents. Foreign post- unul " " Hughes visited the Coast the Journal . t thither from nil rliretinn aid fire prevention is one of the most t ,t ,. HitHiiv to fan troops tnitner rrom an directions, " nrn.-v.rr.. Conk- universal of public duties and one of wh " d, J . hi." the allles weakened the central pow- lm. Bruna-irk bu.idin,. New Tork; verre. the most important forms of private"'" , L"h aTf nf jV Poindexter eT.3 the BaIkans- snook tne morale .nkim. ster buiid.nir. Chicago: Verre. ,h v c J I. , l, I f nntn.f of Bulgaria and enabled the troops ae. double ratea. Kmatrra BaainrM Offli 1'nnklln. rreo Press buildlnr. Detroit. Mich.; tan Franclaco representative. It. J. Btdwell. w nen wr. -oinaexter was nuuuuai- thtkV . . f .h ed its leading editorial of the day was , Balkan nation!, to win a I. IKK ii.MULjT i a congratuiaiory one over mo rum- vtntnrv . 1 I. . T i . i 1 .1 V.Im ,- I rf" rn Alurch IS. 1S63. 1'resioeni a ora- I aexter success. u ueHiimu mm a MF.XBKR Or THE ASOCI.TEI PRESS Tho Assocut'd Press Is exclusively enti- i ., , .., ii ro,.v I tvd n iht u. fr republication of all news ham Lincoln wrote the following letter -..u.ulc ul 1.1 ...v.. of each other, ooatchea credited to it or not oiherwa v,-.,, r,vi- I licans' as opposed by the Penrose I furth-r r me iocatvi --, j The eastern and western campaigns are thus the complement crrdiird i a this papr. anu ano t a w a mi h i la H cl h rslT1 All rifhtti nf rpuMirtlon of pcll dla- yatrha hrln are also rTvMl. tv rr Kir? Thr will be In th new Houif of Rprrntativs. as there wr In ih old. tontf niv-mbera openly oppoinc th ar. vome auDDortlnc tt unconditionally, ana some aupporiinir it with ' buta." and 'li. and "anrfi." Ther will divide on the or ganisation of the Houae on the election of AsTvouask my opinion. I clve it. that the nupportra of the war ahould arnd to Oon- cresa no man u no win not pieuso inuice-i. lo ro into caucus with the uncono itionai .iinnnHun nf tli War. Ulld tO abide til DC tion or aucn caucus inn void ht -ho Iaet the fnendf or tne uovernmrm iirst. save the tiovernment ana men miuiumtr it to their own likiiic- Two vears ago President Wilson was beine likened to Abraham Lincoln, lo day the war in which the country is engaged is. as was the war in Fiipported in Congress by some uncon ditionally, and by some with fa" and "ands, L. l : r A. I 1 I T I w nrit V, I """'T . " ; ness t0 surrender is abject, physical being a - consistent and constant sup- fear A of fear the venge- porter of President Wilsons legisla- an , t. .... . tive measures." I thv have r,ri,i,ti.H onH t,. It is the fate of the eccentrics in pol- hl. -t tho mmprf inva' itics that they soon or late offend . lnc oIc faY. th "fl, , their friends. The Joiirna, ought to the peopIe whe thjs revenge is teken " Therefore they seem to agree that has reason for knowing it now. There .. m,t K moH . v.. is no profit in the non-partisan game fQre Gerra ,s mvaded. Frishtfu,; for the newspaper that plays it or for which was riosipri , r,r0!v th. A further motive for German readi- the voters that accept that paper's advice. GOVERNMENT AT LONG RANGE. The evil effects of Government at long range are beautifully illustrated by the action of some bureau at Wash- buts" ington in placing a veto on the build- in this classifi-1 lng of more local grain elevators in morale of the allied peoples and there by to end their resistance, has thus reacted to break the morale of the German people and to make the task of the allies easier. WARTIME COLLEGE SPORTS. There will be some cheer for advo cates of college sports in the news PORTLAND. TTESOAT, OCT. M. .WIS. THE SIBMISSIOJf Of ACSTRL. The note from Austria-Hungary to Tresident Wilson more closely ap, proaches complete surrender than does Germany's acceptance of tho Presi dent's terms, for it specifically men tions "the rights of the Czecho-Slo yaks and the Jugo-Slavs" and accepts "all the conditions the President has laid down." More important still, by declaring Itself ready to negotiate peace with out awaiting the result of other neso- I an(j . V. 4nul wn Ana rh w A un. I .; . i . . 1 j i AI. A I . V. T ) I f : T' V.....- A faw. Via eiates itself from Germany and leaves by pny affiliations. They were so Coast ports have expended millions In" suDstantial progress has been Its ally to shift for itself. distinguished more or less in 18 63. of dollars In building terminal ele- made toward an understanding with The course before the President Is j yet, in Mr. Lincoln's letter there is vators to handle grain shipped in bulk, I tne War .Department which will per plain. Evacuation of all occupied tcr-I not one word of party politics. The and after the farmers have spent more mlt football practice in recreation ritory. an armistice on terms so sc-1 only test he names is unconditional millions in building local elevators, I hours in colleges enrolling members"! Tere tnai tne allies coma swuuy crusn support of the war oy tne canaiaaie i tnis wiseacre tells mem an 10 siop of the Students' Armv Traininir Cnrm any attempt to renew the war. and and willingness to enter Into a war, because they have enough elevators. anx that a limited number of games suuDiission 10 mo arcismn ui u rwi u i pot a party, caucus,io lurmer me xnis conclusion is saia 10 ue uuseu u" with nearby colleees will bp nprmit. congress at which the allles will die- Northern cause. la survey, but whether the terminal or ted in favorable Autumn and Winter tate terms that should be demanded of I An outstanding greatness of the I local elevators were surveyed does not I months. At the same time, zest has Austria-Hungary, as or oermany. xso Lincoln character was his readiness appear, but certainly tne agents 01 tne been added to prospective games and valid reason exists why the two era- to accept the councils on matters of Agricultural College and the farmers to athletic sports in general by the pires should be treated better than Xational peril of those with whom he know the needs better than any offi- movement to devote the proceeds of a was Bulgaria, ana mil country au i differed politically required to leave its fate to tne peace congress. Nor should the central pow ers be permitted to assume the posi tion of equals negotiating for peace. They should be treated as culprits NO AMERICAN ATROCITIES. It is a curious commentary upon the power of rumor to gain circulation cial in Washington or any agent he week's festivities toward the $170, may sena 10 mane a nasiy survey. 500,000 cheer-up fund to provide for If grain is to be shipped in bulk. the welfare of our soldiers. The drive more local elevators must be bunt for this fund he madfi tn thfi wpp. and more units must be added to the of November 11-18. It is appropriate terminal elevators, for the present ca- that iover3 cf clean sports should con- appearing before the representatives I that the Committee of Public Infor-1 pacity is not sufficient for the crops, tribute in this manner to its success. cf the law of nations for Judgment. I mation at Washington has found it If elevators are not built, sacks must This surrender of the dual monarchy I necessary to issue a warning against be imported from India. Not only is is a more remarkable triumph for the giving credence to tales to the general the available supply of jute in such allies, because it is made when the effect that American soldiers have demand for war purposes that little Austrian armies on all sides are on been' guilty of mistreating German is available for other uses, but the It has been clear to Americans for a good while that college athletics could not be abolished without danger to the popularity of our institutions of higher learning. The chief argument much of the time, and distracted too much of the attention, of non-parti cipating students who received no compensating benefits has not, how ever, been easy to refute in many in their enemies' soil in Italy. Serbia prisoners, that they have killed many price is so high as to be a heavy tax aeajnst them, that they absorbed too awiu ikumia. in umy ab uanuw sLiiif wno jiaa surrenaereu, anu mai, in unv on larmers. 11 jiue cuuiu uc uuuniicu, of the Trentino are the Italians en-1 case in point, "an American division I ships would not be available to carry camped in Austria. Internal dissolu- killed 150 prisoners in retaliation for it. Surely, the truest economy is to tion. set to work by constant military alleged breaches of the laws of war build elevators which release this ship pressure, by skillful propaganda and I by Germans in action." The story in space and the jute for war purposes vy i-unipieie isouuun, iiaa uesuuycu i question naa oeen-ioia wun circum- ana wnicn wouia ue a. permaneui I stances. The War Department's an wie pruuu rmiw. ul i.i nduuiS, sianuai aeian. i ne vicinuy oi nnema provemeni. swer seems to be in effect that sports for this la already in ruins. Inherent was named as the place, and July 15 If proper authority had been dele- wi1 be permjtted end encouraged if " lua "" D l" i"- saieu ' ' " V, .w- i they are kept within reasonable lim- a eta. An iam h aoa Tama Was pa Kpnn erh ff I V. r lt 1 h rak I m t rt V,r,o I ...M..t V. . yv 1-. n ll vau nnil vi'Aiil rl I " ' " . s , , , I """' ' """"" """'" its. College sports will not suffer in . " . - " ... u . u u0. (.lua, 1UUI1U 1 1 1 k LUC tJ 13 U- "um J 1 I i i 1 V c ICACIICU & wise W'-ll-lVJll. i. V iv li V, the Czecho-Slovaks on the field of I truth in it. men in Washington have undertaken battle and their wonderful campaign I The obvious policy of our military to decide at long range, time iust be in Russia, the demand of the Jugo-1 authorities is to encourage Germans wasted in convincing them of their Slavs for national independence and to surrender. To this end the allies error and in overcoming their natural the enrollment of their soldiers on the I have been careful to treat them kindly! aversion to confessing that they have side of the allies, and the declaration I in every possible way. L'ven the feel- erred. of independence by Hungary. When ings of the captyred have been re- The same delay has-risen from the the support given by Germany failed, spected and the wounded have received same cause in adding to the housing the artificial structure fell under re- the same care as our own. "In at of Portland. A veto was put on erec- istlcss pressure. least one case," says a War Depart- tion of 150 houses because they were Submission of Turkey cannot be ment statement, "a wounded prisoner not to be occupied by shipworkers ex long delayed. In possession of Aleppo, was carried, while one of our wounded clusively, and it was necessary to make the British hold the junction between American officers walked." the very obvious explanation that any the Bagdad and Syrian railroads and It would not be surprising to find addition to the aggregate housing of are in position to advance westward stories of American mistreatment of Portland would make room for more through Asia Minor with little hin- prisoners circulated in Germany; in- shipworkers, whether they or some drance. As the Turks fall back on deed, the purpose of the high com- other persons occupy the particular Mosul, the army in Mesopotamia can mand in encouraging this would be houses in question. How long will it advance northward to dispose of their! plain enough. But that they should be before those in authority learn that only remaining army. Cut off f rom I be current in America, even among! there is no particular quality in the Kuropean support, there is no hope for Turkey, and her submission is a I matter of days. Thus, if Germany were to attempt resistance to the allies' demands she friends of our boys, reveals a psycho. logical condition not easy to explain, It has been necessary, however, to issue official warning against them, and they should receive their final would be left to fight alone. The dual I quietus from the authoritative denials monarchy could be compelled to open I of those who are in the best possible its territory to the allied armies, thus position to know the truth. opening tne German flank and rear to attack. If the militarists were mad enough to attempt further resistance, they could scarcely induce the army to fight in such hopeless circum stances, and the result would be a foregone conclusion, Now is the time for vigilance on the Tart of the American people, lest mis- KVD THE FISH ROWS. There are two fish bills on the elec- the long run if the effort to develop supermen is temporarily abandoned. The spirit of emulation among col leges will not suffer if all are placed upon the same basis, which is made! possible by l- eaeral supervision, now exercised for the first time in his tory. An interesting phase of the outcome is that conditions at West Point and Annapolis have been taken as the basis of the new regulations. Both of these institutions have produced satisfac tory contests, upon the whole, and re sults which are possible for them ought to please the moderates. As for the young man who goes to college to shine in the athletic firmament, with education as a secondary aim the days promise to be dark for him. With a war in progress, eaucation is in primary consideration, with enough sports to promote that aim by keep ing men fit for their predominating duty. It will not be altogether regret- WHT GERMANY SEEKS PEACE. I table if some of this spirit remains The determined resistance which the to dictate the college sports policy in Germans offer to the allies at all points! the peaceful days of reconstruction. on the western front shows that their fighting spirit is not broken,,but rather The most notable victories of the Doors in the hotel lobbies were wide open yesterday. The policemen on their beat had instructions to see that the lobbies avere well aired. A breeze flowed through the hotel offices all day. with the result that the men who make a practice of warming the chairs had to move out. The arrivals yester day were the lightest they have been for some time, reduction of traffic be ing attributed to the Spanish influenza. James K. Bulger, inspector of steam boats for the Pacific Coast, came up from San Francisco yesterday and was greeting mariners at the Multnomah. The inspector, who will be here a month, brings encouragen -nt to Port land as a future port and declares that a line of splendid steamers will be available as soon as the war is over A. W. Callow, one of the leading log gers of Hoquiam. Wash., arrived at -the Benson yesterday on a busines trip. Mrs. George Munro, of London, Eng land, arrived yesterday at the Multno mah. En roirte from San Francisco she observed the removal of a fellow-traveler from the train by California au thorities. It was "a woman -who was suffering from a severe attack of In fluenza and who had boarded the train at San Francisco. Mrs. Munro said that the severest mereures were-being in voked to curb the disease in Califor nia, where it appears to be more wide spread than in Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Colder Marshall, tour-. ists from Shanghai, China, came to the Hotel Portland yesterday and '.mm di- ately began a eight-seeing tour of the city and vicinity. This is their first visit to this section of the united States. T. J. Hinckle, secretary and past president of the Oregon Irrigation Congress, registered at the Imperial from Hermlston Monday. At the request of the state board of health, the visit of state editors who were to have been entertained by the Multnomah while making an Inspection of the steel and wooden shipyards has been postponed until a later time. Willard L. Marks, former Portland newspaper man and now a political leader of Linn County, was registered from Albany at the Hotel Portland yes terday. P. F. Gow, a well-known business man of Walla Walla, Wash., is at the Benson for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Barde are back at the Multnomah instead of bei g in New York. They reached a little town north of Cheyenne, in Wyoming, when they were advised that a strict quaran tine was being enforced in Wyoming towns. Fearing that they might te held somewhere in that state, they re turned to Portland. , S. C. Barcrum, of the Forest Ranger Service, has arrived from Douglas and is at the Imperial. Captain T. D. Upton and Jay H Upton, president of the Irrigation Con gress, have been getting their phone calls mixed at he Multnomah. The Captain has beep receiving calls about the Congress, soon to meet, and Jay has been receiving reports from soldiers over the wires. Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Rush, accom panied by their daughters, Virginia and Elizabeth, are in the city from Butte, Mont, headed for the south. T.iey are at the Hotel Portland. I SALMON EGG SUPPLY AT STAKE State Fiah WaVden Strongly Indorses Willamette Dill Now Before Voters. PORTLAND, Oct 28. (To the Edi tor.) The salmon industry is the third greatest industry in Oregon. More than 10,000 men are getting a direct livelihood through it, and 40, Ouu people are indirectly benefited by it. This industry is kept alive by arti ficial propagation of salmon. The Willamette River is the only stream left where the spawning beds have not been affected by the inroads of civilization, such as irrigation, water power and mining projects. The upper reaches of the Columbia, the Snake, Minam and other branches of the Columbia, which a number of years ago contained excellent spawn ing beds, have now ceased to exist on account of the march of civiliza tion. The Willamette River is, therefore, the only stream left upon which the Fish and Game Commission can de nend for its pffs- tAk to buddIv the ever-increasing demands of its hatch-1 eries. In order to safeguard the salmon in dustry and the livelihood of thousands of good citizens of Oregon, it is neces sary that we safeguard the egg supply. The falls in the Willamette River at Oregon City make it possible for a large number of salmon to congre gate in the water below prior to their passage up over the falls through the fish ladder. In order to protect the salmon which reBt in the river below the falls before they make their leap to the uppper waters, net fishing has been pushed farther and farther downstream to the end that this egg supply may be prop erly safeguarded. At the last session of the Legisla ture a deadline was established some several miles below Oregon City. - This deadline provides that no com mercial fishing may be done above it in the Willamette River or its trib utaries. While it is an arbitrary line it ap proaches as near as possible the best solution for all phases of the situation. If you are in sympathy with this vast industry and in favor of continu ing it, you must, therefore, be in favor of properly safeguarding and insuring the egg supply necessary to keep it going, and you will, therefore, vote for this bill. To put it another way: If you do not want to rob 10,000 people of this state of their livelihood and 30,000 more of a part of their income, you must favor this bill. This is not a fight between the sportsmen and the gill-net fishermen; it is a plain out-and-out business prop osition which has to do only with an adequate egg supply for our hatcheries. If it were otherwise the Fish and Game Commission would take no notice of it at this time. If you want to build up the fisheries of Oregon instead of tearing them down, you will favor the Willamette River deadline bill. If this is your conviction, you should vote 306 X Yes. CARL D. SHOEMAKER. State Game Warden and Acting Master rlsa warden. In Other Days. Fifty Years Ago. From Tha Oreg-onlan, October 29. 1S6. Salem The Senate has just passed a joint resolution to take a recess until the 4th of next March. The House will adopt it and the session will end at 11 P. M. Madrid The provisional government has issued a manifesto concerning the administration of the kingdom. Some Spaniards of advanced liberal ideas ad vise the sale of Cuba to the United States as the most direct and speedy mode of the abolition of slavery. Washington Dispatches from Gen eral Rousseau to the War Department relative to the disturbances in New Or- 4eans have been received. General Scho- tield telegraphed to- General Rousseau that he was authorized to take such action as may be necessary to preserve the peace and protect life and property. At Cementville. opposite Astoria, the company are taking down their first made kilns and putting up Page's new patent. After the first of January they expect to furnish 300 barrels per week of the best cement and do it easier than formerly they produced 100 barrels, and hence relieve themselves of previous difficulties. The barks Almatla and Occident are at Astoria, loaded and waiting favorable confluence of wind and weather. The daily overland stage arrives now about midnight. On next Sunday it will begin running on long time to and from Sacramento. The deep dust upon the roads before the rains has made them very slippery since and hence tho difficulty in making the usual time. Twenty-five Years Ago. Fronf" Tha Oregnnian, October 20. IMS. Washington The Treasury Depart ment yesterday purchased 616,000 ounces of silver at 72 cents per ounce. The London price as reported to the Treasury Department was U of a penny lower than yesterday, with the ten dency downward. Chicago Carter H. Harrison, a five times Mayor of Chicago, was assassi nated by Eugene Patrick Prendcrgast, a paper carrier, who declared Mayor Harrison had promised to make him corporation counsel and had not kept his word. The murder occurred in the dining-room of the Mayor's home, the assassin having called and inquired for the Mayor. Pendleton Fifteen cars of Bheep will be shipped tomorrow via the Union Pacific to Omaha and Chicago. It is estimated that a net gain over local prices has been made of from 50 to 75 cents a head by shipping to the Eastern market. San Francisco The City of New York, which struck on the rocks while passing out of Golden Gate Thursday night, is resting easily upon the spur which penerated her bottom. The pilot who was in charge at the time of tho wreck says the ship was carried in by the tide and that when her position was discovered she did not answer her helm quickly. KIPLING'S TITLE. IS AMENDED atmosphere of Washington which en-j dows those who breathe it with omniscience? has grown stronger since the allies I ias month have been won in France broke through the Hindenburg line in and Palestine by the British army tion ballot. One is a referendum of Flanders and Picardy. Their army is which has grown out of that con an act of the Legislature extending the weakened and it has lost much mate- temptible little army which was to aeaa line against commercial iisning rial, but these losses nave Deen partly have been summarily crusnea lour rrom a point near ua suspension compensated by the shortening or tne years ago. wnugo uter uio uimueiie aib uregoo i line. If tne present course oi nosiui- guided mercy fritter away some of the Clty to a polnt farther the river, hies in the west were alone to be con- xjje Kaiser is reported as telling The other is a referendum of an act sidered. the Germans might continue wIinr. j,H would be at the head of of the legislature prohibiting the use to fiirht for another year before therj-,man renublic. but is miles off. Th of set nets and seines in the Rogue I allies penetrated into Germany. Then Kaiser will stay put where. the allies mver ana conumng commercial Ush- why are they so anxious for peace that Bpt him. ing to gin nets. hey accept President Wilson's rour- faotn or tnese measures are ever- teen conditions and offer to evacuate -rhR sheens-rower is foresierhted. and recurring controversies. The vote all invaded territory? I that is why a Malheur man is buying inereon mis year win proDaoiy not The rulers of Germany have not so n Kv,,pn hn ran iret un the Vallev by comparison. It will be the part of "nllel seme mem. i ne nsn ana suddenly abandoned their oia aipio- to ship to Kastern Oregon. this Nation to counsel moderation, but commissioner recommends a yes macy that they have ceased to regard the last tittle of Justice should be cx- . w luameuc iisning bill nations and provinces as pawns in a It8 sat in the ice cream to the boy ctea rrom the guilty nations. Thevl. ' T v utecnun game, i ney may consent to wunumw to iearn school will "keep" longer in -i . a ' I I t noariarl In lnII rn t It A crrr cunnlir i a a. 41. -S A I nouia oe compelled to make rood all I : " ? meir -rijieu iort-r men the day to mane up tne mnuenza yaca. . ... . w . . uiu conquests, out yet nuiiu iv icmiu rivers of Oregon. nomic and political control . there. The Rogue River bill was a trading! Thev mav set up the pretense that measure in the last Legislature, as it Finland, the Baltic provinces, Lithu has been In others. It is of such a I anla. Poland and the Ukraine have controversial character that It lends set up Independent governments in itself readily to log-rolling proclivities, exercise of the right to self-determina- i ne next legislature snouid rid it- tion. and thev mav trv to barter the self of these nuisances. It ran be done tenure which they hope to retain for oy vesting tne ush and Game Com- return of some of their colonies. But they may now seek to make a fruits of victory and leave a foothold for autocracy from which it can again organize an assault on the liberty of the world. The Kuropean allies have . cood excuse to take vengeance for the monstrous wrongs they have suffered and the United States has some such cause, though our injuries are small the aamace and all the Injury they .rate aone. so tar as material .payment tan atone lor suffering of the soul. roina ana toay. though this might burden them with taxes for the next century. tion. The best periods of this Nation have been while at least one House differed in politics with the Administration. Resignation is a newly discovered trait of German character, and is found even in their military chiefs. riKE PKrrEVTiojr. The Minnesota holocaust came at a time when it emphasized the need oflmisslon with full power to determine better measures for. fire prevention, the character of gear that shall be virtue of what they see will soon be but It should be remembered that I Permitted in any stream: also when it rnmA nwitv A pront allied armv while the forest fire is a terrible agent I "hall be closed or opened, and where, is near the boundary of Hungary: it is " Devastation, it represents only a " ny place, commercial fishing shall sure of a welcome from the Jugo minor proportion Of our annual flr I not be carried on. H Slav- luinnhtinn the. rlnal mnnarrhl Joss. The fact to be kept always in I The commission probably has power is in process of dissolution, and an mind is that fully three-fourths of our now to make some classes of fishing advance of the allies from the south fires, including those In forest."!, are restrict Ions more severe than they are east would turn the flank of the Aus. preventable. This estimate excludes specifically imposed by law, but it has trians in Italv and would expose the urea oi incendiary origin, but includes no power to lift any such restrictions South German states to attack from those which to all intents and nnr. or liberalize them. The commission th oast anrt smith. If mirressfiil in tOSOS are incenriturx if rnln.hl. nn I onpht tn tl.iv-o hmnpr Tinnoro Tt ..on I l- - .. - ,1 l. I 4 v. v. a . Fence Is a crime. The result i tho do that which neither Deonle nor Loir- tri into Ptr,homi, tho nlllo, wnnlH ho Every democrat you near is stana- ame. whether the firebug is an enemy islature can Jo. It can go on the welcomed by the Czechs and would J"0" w , 's 0 a KS" alien or a busy business man who pound and listen to the conflicting be in a position to attack Saxony. Closes his eves to the arriimnbiinn nf I interests, make Tiersonal inventlntlon ThAv vauIH than nl,ffinir tho ontira litter upon, bis premises which invites and adjust controversies for the best German line in the west, would have Women are In politics this year in destruction of his neighbor's nrnnortv interests of the industry and the food Gormnv hotwoon wn firos. leavine- Oregon, and they are not "going s well as his own. supply. . out of consideration a possible attack blighty," either. The fact that commodities which The authority thus granted would by the Russians from the east, and re consumed by fire are an ifre- I not extend to the Columbia, for that Would be no great distance from Berlin. tnevable loss to the country, and that Is vested by treaty jointly in the states A strategist of the ability of Von Hin The Austrian proposal should be referred to Italy, her nearest antag onist and most concerned. The central powers have reached the stage of recrimination, commonly known as passing the buck. In a country where sanitation is un known, like Mexico, ravages of in fluenza will be frightful. Insurance which recompenses the! of Oregon and Washington subject to nwner still leaves society as poor as approval of Congress. It would apply ever, is apt to be lost sight of by the to the Interior streams, beneficiaries of policies, but it is one It is an imposition upon the public which the people, especially in times that these matters, with which it can like the rresent, ought never to ignore, aot possibly Intelligently inform itself. It Is, Indeed, rudimentary, but our should continually be brought before rotorious carelessness would Indicate it. It is an imposition upon the public that we have not grasped the prln- for the Legislature, session after ses-c-iple. Fire after fire occurs, and the sion. to spend on such controversies Investigator in nearly every case con- the time needed for matters that it tinues to find that common prudence cannot properly delegate-to others, or It isn't that some men should not be elected as much as it is that other men should. Zeebrugge seems to be a Flemish name for scrap-heap. The Grand Old Party saves this denburg must have seen these possi bilities, and they may .well have in fluenced him to support the peace movement. If the allies had won only in the west in the degree in which they are now winning, the Germans would not I Nation every time. have so readily swallowed the bitter pill which Mr. Wilson offered them. I A full vote -will do it a full Repub Tljey might then have offered to give I lican vote. up what they held in the west if per mitted to -hold what they had won in Hindy and Ludy are . getting tired. MOTHER KEENLY FEELS REBUFF Saerfflces of Republican Women Felt Not to Be Appreciated by President. PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (To the Edi tor.) We women who are wearing stars for the Republican boys who are fighting at the front want to know if they are to have no representation in our National tiovernment. we tmnK this will cause many heartaches in the trenches. A prominent man recently said that t was estimated that there were 70 per cent Republicans in the Army, ow ing to the fact that the volunteers came so largely from the Northern Re publican states. We women who have our boys over there have worked the auxiliaries, in the Red Cross and have saved food and gone without new clothes and things we have always had to provide for the boys and stand be hind the President. We believe the boys will feel dreadfully about not wanting any Republicans in Congress. The war will be over soon and they know that the Republicans certainly have made better business times in the past. Please do something about it in the interest of Oregon Republican boys at the front. SOLDIER'S MOTHER. STEP BY STEP. You do not for one fleeting moment sneer in fine disdain At the earth from which the wondrous ' floweret grew; ' You do not scorn the ladder you have climbed to wealth or fame, Nor the kindly hand held out, in need, to you; You do not frown on childhood days when you were but a youth A bit of raw material, rough and green. For each step in lift has time and place, though some may be uncouth. And each act in life must have its spe cial "scene." 1 Then why all the lamentations over chapters of the past? Why the wishing this and that" you'd never met? If the finished product pleases and is fine from first to last Do not scorn the molding influences forget! Just remember you are what you are because of what you ve been. And because you've lived and loved and laughed and played; If along the path you loitered does that matter, if you win? By results the world shall judge the race you ve made! GRACE E. HALL. Mr. I: 'Ren Would Chanire Famous Poem to "The Trace of the Hub." PORTLAND, Oct. 26. (To the Edi tor.) In these days when the Hun is begging for peace, I think every man and woman should take, to heart the esson oi Adam-zad. .hapling calls it "The Truce of the Bear." but it is a libel on the bear family to use that word for the Hun government. Bad as the Romanoffs were, they were men of honor compared with what we Jcnow of the Hohenzollern tribe, and so I move to amend Kipling's verse by calling it "The Truce of the Hun." It is notice of what we shall suffer if we listen to the whine of the German high command. I give a part of it: "Horrible, hairy, human, with paws liko hands In prayer. Making his supplication rose Adam-zad the Bear! I looked at tha swayins shoulders, at the paunch's swag and swing:. And my heart was touched with pity for the monstrous, pleading: thine r "Touched with pity and wonder, I did not fire then . . . I have looked no more on women I have looked no more on men. Nearer he tottered and nearer, wlta paws like bands that pray From brow taa Jaw that steel-shod paw, it ripped my race away: "When he shows as seeking quarter, with paws like hands In prayer, THAT is the time of peril the time of the Truce of the Bear: Eyeless, noseless and lipless, asking a dole at the door. Matun, the old blind beggar, tells It o'er and o er: Fumbling and feeling the rifles, warming nis hands a- tne name. Hearing our careless white men talk of the morrow s game; Over and over the story, ending as he be gan: "THERE IS NO TRUCE WITH ADAM-ZAD, THE BEAR THAT LOOKS LIKE A MAN" W. S. TTREN. PARIS JOBS NOT OPE.V TO GIRLS SEES TIME AND HARVEST. God's perfect law shall still avail I Know not now. But this I know The seed shall spring and upward grow Seed time and harvest shall not fail. The seasons come, the seasons go. I know not how. But this I know That when life's Autoumn leaves shall blow We then shall reap as now we sow. ANNA SNOW FITTS. Soldier's Parcel Smaller. PORTLAND. Oct. 28. (To the Ed itor.) I understand that a sailor can be sent a package weighing seven pounds (Christmas parcel) and that a soldier s package is limited to two pounds 15 ounces. Both are for for ign service. Can you tell me why that is the case? A SUBSCRIBER. Limitation of the weight of parcels going to men of the American expedi- ionary forces in France is necessary n order to save transportation space. particularly on the railroads of that country. THE YANKS WILL DO IT. We can't stand up and discourse loud On the location of Buzancy, Nor lecture to the gaping crowd About the Jugo-Slavs, I fancy. But at this time we'd like to state That on one tbpic we are wiser: We know that just as sure as Fate The Yanks will get the Kaiser! What do the Mensheviks maintain? Who are the junkers and the jaegens? The Czecho-Slovaks? Please explain The Murmans fighting like mad tigers? Ah no, we'd rather slip away, Not fit to beVour war-adviser; But casually we'd like to say The Yanks will get the Kaiser! The river Ourcq our goat has got. And Ypres is a riddle crazy. "Bourgeoisie'.' bothers us a lot. Concerning Przemysl we are hazy. Bereaglieri doubts and fears Just simply will not let us try, sir. But this we'll din into your ears. The Yanks will get the Kaiser! Private Everett Earle Stanard. Father Helps His Son. Houston Post. "What Is Ed Goodby doing these days?" questioned the man who Just got home. "Oh, e's working his son's way thrpugh college," replied the ther,. . . Parcels for Canadian Soldiers. BICKELTON. Wash., Oct. 27. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian Octo ber 21 I see we must get an export license to send our boys in the Cana dian army anything. I have two boys in the Canadian army,' one in France and one in Eng land, in hospital. The one in England writes me to please send him some cigarettes, cake and candy, as he can- not-get such things there. Must I get the license before I can send him any thing at all, and where can I get the list telling what we can send? We send our boys money, but there are a good many things our boys cannot buy over,there. A .MOTHER. The matter, as previously suggested, should be taken up with the War Trade Board, 748 Morgan building, Portland. The list of proscribed articles is so ex tensive that The Oregonian cannot pub- j lish it. Address of Stars and Stripes. POR T LAND, Oct. 28. (To the Edi tor.) Please tell me where I can get the Stars and Stripes, a publication that gives information as to the loca tion of separate organizations of our Army in France. A SUBSCRIBER. The address of the Stars and Stripes is G 2, A. E. F. 1 Rue des Italiens, Paris, France. Its rate to subscribers In the United States is $2 for six months. Recruiting of 50(10 for Clerical Posi tions is Definitely Abandoned. The Oregonian continues to receive appeals for information concerning the reported intent of the War Department to recruit 5000 college girls for clerical work in France. The only announce ment of tins' intent was a more or less indefinite statement that Miss Elsio Gunther had left Paris for the United States to begin recruiting work. Young women who have desired to go to France in such capacity report that their requests for application blanks or information are unanswered. The following enlightening state ment has been receivert by The Orego nian from Frederic J. Haskin. manager of The Oregonian's Washington Bureau of Information: "Iflans have been under consideration to send about 5000 girls to France as stenographers, typists and clerks. An untimely announcement that young women were being recruited for this purpose brought in thousands of ap Dlications before the Government was equipped with application blanks and a sufficient staff of workers to nanote heavy correspondence. "Girls from Government departments at Washington formed a waiting line at the War Department recruiting of fice and were given a chance to explain i .i . niu.iillarlv flttAH fnr the I work. The qualifications demanded by the War Department were for tho most part similar to those other war organi zations are requiring in their foreign service workers, tjpllege graduates were preferred, but business experience was accepted as a substitute. Each applicant's efficiency and motives in desiring to go abroad were strictly questioned. "That the girls might fully under stand the serious character of the work, they were told that no eight-hour day would be in force, but that they would be expected to work long and steadily: that they would probably be stationed in Paris, but would see practically nothing of the reputed gay life of that city; that coal for heating residences is unknown in Paris, and finally, that they would have to go prepared to stay three or four years. "Prophecies of hardship only in creased the determination of many ap plicants. The first quotas or 3bu gins to be sent over in novemm-i- wm easily made up and the accepter! can didates were told to be in readiness, and other units were being recruited, when a new order was issued remand ing the ruling permitting the use of girls and substituting limited service men. .... , The main reason ror tnis occisiou appears to have Deen ine laci many drafted men unfit for active ser vice are available. These men can on sent across on crowded transports and housed in barracks or billeted in French homes, whereas special quarters-would have to be built for girls. as it wouia De impossiu Lv them indiscriminately in Paris resi dences. Then, too, the soldiers will be i, n nniv military nay and allow ances and supplied with Army rations, but girls would have to be paid at least $150 a month. Whether the supply of imited service men, who - n.i.nrf Ftenosrranhers, lypisis anu clerks, will meet the demand is uncer- . tain. But for the present the subject of girls being sent overseas as clerks is considered closed by the War De norfment.a It is true that the ordnance . branch o the War Deartment is send-io- Bnmo eirl workers to France, but only girls already in the ordnance ser vice are Aligtnie. "Bflt in this country the demand ror girls in Government offices is increas ing every day. There is less of the glamour of romance connected with war service in Washington, but a girl . in Uncle Sam's workship here is as close to the war-making machinery as she would be in Paris and is at an equally important post of duty." . Biographies of Colonel House. PORTLAND, Oct. 28. (To the Edi tor ) who is E. M. House, where and when did he acquire me utie oi iu- .. nel' What other President had a con firfontial adviser other than a Cabinet official or Attorney-General? Please give a short sketch of the life of E. M. House. S. H. BRAKEL. A biography of Colonel House origi nally printed in the New York Even ing Post is out In book form. Any bookseller will obtain it for you. The North American Review also published a biography in April, 1916. Or you can probably get what you want at the Public Library.